Which accents face the worst stereotypes? A U.K. study has some surprises.
British accents can vary hugely — and face positive or negative stereotypes. Listen to these five British accents and see if ...
The UK's richest sounding accent revealed - full list of 10 stereotypes
From the approachable Northern English accent often associated with openness, to the Glaswegian accent which can be ...
Newcastle accent seen as 'more guilty' than others
The Geordie accent from Newcastle was seen as the fourth most likely to commit a sex offence and the third most likely to be involved in criminal behaviour. In terms of overall criminality, the ...
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Regional accent stereotype concern raised by study
A study led by the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with Nottingham Trent University, asked people to listen to ...
Most guilty British accents revealed
New research has revealed that some accents sound ‘guiltier’ than others – and stereotyped as more likely to have committed a crime. Researchers asked 180 participants to listen to recordings of 10 ...
Country legend Lyle Lovett returns to Belfast: ‘I just love the sound of a Northern Ireland accent’
His ability to fuse elements of jazz, country, western swing, folk, gospel and blues has earned Lyle Lovett a reputation as ...
‘We are just friendly people’: Public reacts to survey findings that people with Belfast accent perceived as 'less likely to commit crime'
There’s no point pretending Belfast locals will be winning awards for the sexiest or easiest to understand accents any time soon but it’s not all bad news for NI accent lovers.
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Estonian dialect vocabularies kept fresh by newspapers, enthusiasts
Seventeen percent of Estonians speak various Estonian dialects, a figure that has grown over time, according to the latest ...
People who speak with Belfast accents less likely to behave in criminal ways, study suggests
People with ‘non-English accents’ from Belfast and Glasgow are significantly less likely to behave in criminal ways, a study ...
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The UK's richest-sounding accent revealed - full list of 10 stereotypes
From the approachable Northern English accent often being associated with openness, to the Glaswegian accent which can be synonymous to kindness, the UK is filled with a number of distinctive ...